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What does harmost mean?

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Noun
  1. (historical) A governor or prefect appointed by the Spartans in the cities they subjugated.
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The city of Chalkedon had revolted from Athens, and received a Lacedaemonian harmost and garrison.
But the harmost and the Spartan garrison still retained their hold on their Akropoleis, or citadels, as a guarantee that Spartan interests should suffer no serious injury.

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